🇯🇵Japan at Helsinki 1952

summer Games

Athletes

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total Medals

Medalists

Athlete	Event	Sport
Shohachi Ishii	Wrestling Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)	Wrestling
Tadao Uesako	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics)
Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics)
Shiro Hashizume	Swimming (Aquatics) 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)	Swimming (Aquatics)
Hiroshi Suzuki	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)	Swimming (Aquatics)
Teijiro Tanikawa	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic)	Swimming (Aquatics)
Hiroshi Suzuki	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic)	Swimming (Aquatics)
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic)	Swimming (Aquatics)
Toru Goto	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic)	Swimming (Aquatics)
Yushu Kitano	Wrestling Flyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)	Wrestling
Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics)
Tadao Uesako	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics)

All Results by Sport

Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics)

4th	Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Tadao Uesako	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
=11th	Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
=24th	Akitomo Kaneko	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
=14th	Tetsumi Nabeya	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
=19th	Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
=19th	Tetsumi Nabeya	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
=17th	Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
=35th	Tadao Uesako	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
=19th	Akitomo Kaneko	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Tadao Uesako	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
=25th	Tetsumi Nabeya	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
=31st	Akitomo Kaneko	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
21st	Akitomo Kaneko	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
=35th	Tetsumi Nabeya	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
=15th	Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
12th	Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
=15th	Tadao Uesako	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
=38th	Tadao Uesako	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
10th	Akitomo Kaneko	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
=31st	Tetsumi Nabeya	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
=31st	Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
=71st	Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
=84th	Tetsumi Nabeya	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
=47th	Tadao Uesako	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
=82nd	Akitomo Kaneko	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
=69th	Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
31st	Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
=50th	Tadao Uesako	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
=19th	Akitomo Kaneko	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
=63rd	Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
=69th	Tetsumi Nabeya	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
6th	Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
5th	Tadao Uesako	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)
5th	Akitomo Kaneko	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)
5th	Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)
5th	Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)
5th	Tetsumi Nabeya	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)

Athletics

-	Yoshitaka Muroya	Athletics 1,500 metres, Men (Olympic)
-	Osamu Inoue	Athletics 10,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
4th	Tomio Hosoda	Athletics 100 metres, Men (Olympic)
6th	Masaji Tajima	Athletics 100 metres, Men (Olympic)
5th	Ayako Yoshikawa	Athletics 100 metres, Women (Olympic)
3rd	Michitaka Kinami	Athletics 110 metres Hurdles, Men (Olympic)
6th	Tomio Hosoda	Athletics 200 metres, Men (Olympic)
9th	Susumu Takahashi	Athletics 3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men (Olympic)
7th	Hiroshi Yamamoto	Athletics 4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
-	Masaji Tajima	Athletics 4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
7th	Junkichi Matoba	Athletics 4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
7th	Eitaro Okano	Athletics 4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
-	Tomio Hosoda	Athletics 4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
7th	Yoshitaka Muroya	Athletics 4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
6th	Eitaro Okano	Athletics 400 metres Hurdles, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Junkichi Matoba	Athletics 400 metres, Men (Olympic)
-	Eitaro Okano	Athletics 400 metres, Men (Olympic)
12th	Osamu Inoue	Athletics 5,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Miyo Miyashita	Athletics 80 metres Hurdles, Women (Olympic)
4th	Yoshitaka Muroya	Athletics 800 metres, Men (Olympic)
-	Hiroshi Yamamoto	Athletics 800 metres, Men (Olympic)
4th	Toyoko Yoshino	Athletics Discus Throw, Women (Olympic)
10th	Masaji Tajima	Athletics Long Jump, Men (Olympic)
16th	Ayako Yoshikawa	Athletics Long Jump, Women (Olympic)
25th	Katsuo Nishida	Athletics Marathon, Men (Olympic)
26th	Keizo Yamada	Athletics Marathon, Men (Olympic)
-	Yoshitaka Uchikawa	Athletics Marathon, Men (Olympic)
6th	Bunkichi Sawada	Athletics Pole Vault, Men (Olympic)
-	Toyoko Yoshino	Athletics Shot Put, Women (Olympic)
20th	Keizo Hasegawa	Athletics Triple Jump, Men (Olympic)
6th	Yoshio Iimuro	Athletics Triple Jump, Men (Olympic)
14th	Tadashi Yamamoto	Athletics Triple Jump, Men (Olympic)

Boxing

=17th	Toshihito Ishimaru	Boxing Featherweight, Men (Olympic)
=16th	Yoshitaro Nagata	Boxing Flyweight, Men (Olympic)

Cycling Road (Cycling)

26th	Tadashi Kato	Cycling Road (Cycling) 1,000 metres Time Trial, Men (Olympic)
-	Tadashi Kato	Cycling Road (Cycling) Cycling Track (Cycling)
-	Tamotsu Chikanari	Cycling Road (Cycling) Cycling Track (Cycling)
-	Kihei Tomioka	Cycling Road (Cycling) Cycling Track (Cycling)
-	Masazumi Tajima	Cycling Road (Cycling) Cycling Track (Cycling)
-	Masazumi Tajima	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Individual, Men (Olympic)
-	Kihei Tomioka	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Individual, Men (Olympic)
-	Tamotsu Chikanari	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Individual, Men (Olympic)
-	Tadashi Kato	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Individual, Men (Olympic)
-	Tamotsu Chikanari	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Team, Men (Olympic)
-	Masazumi Tajima	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Team, Men (Olympic)
-	Tadashi Kato	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Team, Men (Olympic)
-	Kihei Tomioka	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Team, Men (Olympic)
4th	Kihei Tomioka	Cycling Road (Cycling) Sprint, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Kihei Tomioka	Cycling Road (Cycling) Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Tamotsu Chikanari	Cycling Road (Cycling) Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
19th	Kihei Tomioka	Cycling Road (Cycling) Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
19th	Masazumi Tajima	Cycling Road (Cycling) Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
19th	Tadashi Kato	Cycling Road (Cycling) Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
19th	Tamotsu Chikanari	Cycling Road (Cycling) Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men (Olympic)

Diving (Aquatics)

29th	Katsuichi Mori	Diving (Aquatics) Platform, Men (Olympic)
11th	Masami Miyamoto	Diving (Aquatics) Platform, Women (Olympic)
15th	Katsuichi Mori	Diving (Aquatics) Springboard, Men (Olympic)
15th	Masami Miyamoto	Diving (Aquatics) Springboard, Women (Olympic)

Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian)

45th

Toshiaki Kitai

Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) Individual, Men (Olympic)

Fencing

8th	Shinichi Maki	Fencing Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic)
6th	Shinichi Maki	Fencing Foil, Individual, Men (Olympic)
7th	Shinichi Maki	Fencing Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic)

Rowing

3rd	Ryuji Goto	Rowing Coxed Fours, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Toshiya Takeuchi	Rowing Coxed Fours, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Kosuke Matsuo	Rowing Coxed Fours, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Tamatsu Kogure	Rowing Coxed Fours, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Kazuo Kanda	Rowing Coxed Fours, Men (Olympic)

Sailing

27th

Keijiro Kaitoku

Sailing One Person Dinghy, Open (Olympic)

Shooting

17th

Yukio Inokuma

Shooting Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men (Olympic)

Swimming (Aquatics)

6th	Yasuo Kitamura	Swimming (Aquatics) 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Shiro Hashizume	Swimming (Aquatics) 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
16th	Yukiyoshi Aoki	Swimming (Aquatics) 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
19th	Yasumasu Nishino	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Backstroke, Men (Olympic)
=23rd	Norihiko Kurahashi	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Backstroke, Men (Olympic)
9th	Yoshihiro Hamaguchi	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Hiroshi Suzuki	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
4th	Toru Goto	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
37th	Shizue Miyabe	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic)
35th	Fumiko Sakaguchi	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic)
=30th	Sadako Yamashita	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic)
5th	Takayoshi Kajikawa	Swimming (Aquatics) 200 metres Breaststroke, Men (Olympic)
4th	Nobuyasu Hirayama	Swimming (Aquatics) 200 metres Breaststroke, Men (Olympic)
6th	Jiro Nagasawa	Swimming (Aquatics) 200 metres Breaststroke, Men (Olympic)
14th	Kazuko Sakamoto	Swimming (Aquatics) 200 metres Breaststroke, Women (Olympic)
17th	Masayo Aoki	Swimming (Aquatics) 200 metres Breaststroke, Women (Olympic)
-	Shizue Miyabe	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic)
10th	Sadako Yamashita	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic)
10th	Misako Tamura	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic)
10th	Fumiko Sakaguchi	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic)
10th	Yasuko Oishi	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic)
2nd	Teijiro Tanikawa	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Hiroshi Suzuki	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Yoshihiro Hamaguchi	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Toru Goto	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic)
8th	Hironoshin Furuhashi	Swimming (Aquatics) 400 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
14th	Yoshio Tanaka	Swimming (Aquatics) 400 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
9th	Yasuo Tanaka	Swimming (Aquatics) 400 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
28th	Sadako Yamashita	Swimming (Aquatics) 400 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic)
33rd	Misako Tamura	Swimming (Aquatics) 400 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic)

Weightlifting

Isamu Shiraishi

Weightlifting Bantamweight, Men (Olympic)

Wrestling

1st	Shohachi Ishii	Wrestling Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
5th	Risaburo Tominaga	Wrestling Featherweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Yushu Kitano	Wrestling Flyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
=6th	Takeo Shimotori	Wrestling Lightweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Tsugio Yamazaki	Wrestling Welterweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)